The DeathList 2013

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Latest News: Henry Cecil delivers his final winner

Henry Cecil, Racehorse trainer 11th Jun 2013

Sir Henry Cecil, 10 times flat racing champion horse trainer, has rewarded the DeathList punters for the final time by losing his battle with stomach cancer aged 70. Cecil had many highs and lows throughout his career. He trained eight winners of the Oaks and four Derby winners, but still found time to dabble with drink, drugs, a stable girl and a rather expensive “vice girl”. Towards the end of his life he trained his most highly rated horse, Frankel. Cecil was making his debut appearance of DeathList, drawn at number 22.

The DeathList 2013

The DeathList committee has completed its deliberations and finalised DeathList 2013. To recap, the list comprises the celebrities thought, in the opinion of the DeathList committee, most likely to pass away during 2013. The candidates must have a level of famousness such that their death is expected to be reported by the UK media, however their fame cannot be result purely from the fact they are likely to die shortly. The other main rule is that only a maximum of half the list can comprise of candidates on the previous year’s list. DeathList 2012 saw a return to form with a final score 12 dead, however the list had some notable misses. Some strong new candidates appear on the 2013 list, however, although he may float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, there’s no place on DeathList 2013 for Muhammad Ali!

Rank	Prev Year	Appear	Name	Age	Desc	Discuss
1	4	13	Ronnie Biggs	84	Ambassador	947 posts
2			Hugo Chavez	59	President of Venezuela	283 posts
3			Mikhail Kalashnikov	94	Inventor of AK47	27 posts
4			Clive James	74	TV presenter	33 posts
5	8	4	Erich Priebke	100	Nazi	17 posts
6	17	7	Chapman Pincher	99	Journalist/Investigator	31 posts
7	16	5	Anna Wing	99	Eastenders Lou Beale	45 posts
8	12	7	Zsa Zsa Gabor	96	Actress	552 posts
9		2	João Havelange	97	Ex Fifa president	47 posts
10			George Bush Senior	89	Former President of USA	153 posts
11	9	11	Eli Wallach	98	Actor	104 posts
12	31	8	Nelson Mandela	95	Politician	468 posts
13			Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh	92	Casual rascist	356 posts
14			Gough Whitlam	97	Former Australian PM	34 posts
15	25	2	Hosni Mubarak	85	Former Egyptian President	237 posts
16		3	Ian Paisley	87	Unionist	217 posts
17	10	11	Kirk Douglas	97	Actor	166 posts
18	20	6	Olivia De Havilland	97	Actress	48 posts
19	27	10	Fidel Castro	87	Dictator	1103 posts
20			Bernadette Nolan	53	Nolan sister	90 posts
21		5	Vera Lynn	96	Singer	174 posts
22			Henry Cecil	70	Racehorse trainer	55 posts
23	29	4	Denis Healey	96	Eyebrowed politican	43 posts
24			Reg Presley	72	Trogg	36 posts
25	5	2	Harper Lee	87	Author	19 posts
26		2	Bob Dole	90	Politican	36 posts
27	14	3	Patty Andrews	95	Last survivor of The Andrews Sisters	59 posts
28			Michael Winner	78	Film director	100 posts
29	24	6	Margaret Thatcher	88	Milk Snatcher	1744 posts
30	32	4	Peter O'Sullevan	95	UK horse racing commentator	46 posts
31	13	7	Billy Graham	95	Evangelist	322 posts
32	30	3	Helmut Schmidt	95	Former German Chancellor	14 posts
33	33	5	Al Molinaro	94	Happy Days Al	32 posts
34		2	Richard Attenborough	90	Film director	53 posts
35	37	2	PD James	93	Author	15 posts
36			Richard Adams	93	Watership Down author	8 posts
37	35	9	Jake Lamotta	92	Boxer	123 posts
38		3	Nancy Reagan	92	Actress	157 posts
39			Peter Sallis	92	Last of the Summer Winer	58 posts
40			Doris Day	91	Actress	28 posts
41			Stan Lee	91	Marvel comics	27 posts
42	23	4	General Jaruzelski	90	ex Polish PM	30 posts
43	36	3	Henry Kissinger	90	Diplomat	37 posts
44			Pete Seeger	94	Protest singer	13 posts
45			Nicholas Parsons	90	TV quiz show host	26 posts
46			Elaine Stritch	88	Actress	26 posts
47	46	6	Fats Domino	85	Singer	64 posts
48		2	James Garner	85	Jim Rockford	26 posts
49			Peter O'Toole	81	Actor	6 posts
50		4	Ian Brady	75	All round Mr Nice Guy	225 posts

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Henry Cecil delivers his final winner

11th Jun 2013: Sir Henry Cecil, 10 times flat racing champion horse trainer, has rewarded the DeathList punters for the final time by losing his battle with stomach cancer aged 70. Cecil had many highs and lows throughout his career. He trained eight winners of the Oaks and four Derby winners, but still found time to dabble with drink, drugs, a stable girl and a rather expensive “vice girl”. Towards the end of his life he trained his most highly rated horse, Frankel. Cecil was making his debut appearance of DeathList, drawn at number 22.

The Lady's for interring...

8th Apr 2013: Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, has passed away, putting another point on the DeathList 2013 scoreboard. In the earlier stages of her career she attracted the Milk Snatcher moniker, when, as Secretary of State, she cut free milk allowance for school children. Thatcher became leader of the Conservative party in 1975 and Prime Minister in 1979. The Iron Lady ruled Britain for 11 years, during which time she dismantled Britain’s nationalised industries and battered the trade unions, the Argentinians and any others that got in her way. Public feeling against her culminated when she forced the introduction of the poll tax in 1990 and soon after found she had few allies left in her own party. Despite the passage of time, much hatred for Thatcher remains to this day. She was making her sixth appearance on DeathList, this year elected in 29th place. Her death is the fifth success for DeathList 2013.

Another coup for DeathList as Chavez passes

5th Mar 2013: Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, has succumbed to cancer, providing DeathList 2013 with another score. Rumours of 58 year old Chavez’s deteriorating health had been circulating for some time and his return home from treatment in Cuba signalled that the end was near. Despite his poor health, Chavez was re-elected as president in an election as recent as October 2012. His social democratic politics made him a natural enemy of the United States, although perhaps his description of George W Bush as a donkey reinforced that role. Chavez was making his debut appearance on DeathList and found himself sitting in the number 2 slot behind our self-appointed ambassador. Chavez is the fourth success for DeathList 2013.

Wild Thing - You've made DeathList sing!

4th Feb 2013: DeathList’s fast start to the year continues with the news that Reg Presley, lead singer of The Troggs, has passed away. The Troggs had a number of hits through the 60’s to the 90’s including Wild Thing (1966), Wild Thing (new version) (1972), Wild Thing (Reggae version) (1975), Wild Thing '89 (1989) Wild Thing (1992) (featuring Oliver Reed and Hurricane Higgins), Wild Thing (1993) (featuring Wolf from Gladiators), With a Girl Like You (1966) and Love is all Around (1967). Presley succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 71. He was making his first appearance on DeathList, securing the number 24 position.

Patty's In The Mood for another DeathList success

30th Jan 2013: Patty Andrews, the last surviving members of The Andrews Sisters, has passed away to give DeathList 2013 its second success. Close harmony singing group, The Andrews Sisters, had a string of hits in the 1940, with such songs as Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Hold Tight and Beer Barrel Polka (aka Roll Out The Barrel), but the only bugle that will be heard now is that playing the Taps, as the pallbearers hold tight while the DeathList committee rolls out the barrel. Andrews was 94 years old and making her third appearance on DeathList, this year at number 27 in the charts.

Winner's Death Wish granted!

21st Jan 2013: Michael Winner, British film director, pompous food critic and star of UK motor insurance TV commercials, has added to his long list celebrity claims by being the first success of DeathList 2013. Winner was perhaps best known for the Death Wish movies in the 1970s and 80s, although in recent years had also become well known for his weekly Winner’s Dinners column in The Sunday Times. In the early 2000s, he starred in TV commercials for online insurance company, Esure, firing out the infuriating catchphrase “Calm down dear, it’s a commercial”. In later life, Winner suffered from a series of serious illnesses and had his own Death Wish, publicly announcing that he was investigating assisted suicide with Dignitas. He finally passed away aged 77. In 2013 he making his first appearance on DeathList and would have perhaps been disappointed by only claiming the number 28 position.

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Henry Cecil delivers his final winner

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Another coup for DeathList as Chavez passes

Wild Thing - You've made DeathList sing!

Patty's In The Mood for another DeathList success

Winner's Death Wish granted!

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